[CTRL] Rupert Murdoch and his son genuflect before Chinese communists.

-Caveat Lector- CITIZEN OF THE WORLD Bad Company Rupert Murdoch and his son genuflect before Chinese communists. BY TUNKU VARADARAJAN Monday, March 26, 2001 12:01 a.m. EST Rupert Murdoch, a master practitioner of the corporate kowtow, has instructed his son James perfectly in the craft of

[CTRL] Rules for Oklahoma Bomber's Last Meal

-Caveat Lector- Monday March 26 7:46 AM ET Rules for Oklahoma Bomber's Last Meal TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (Reuters) - Federal prison officials in Indiana have told an animal protection group they cannot compel condemned Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh to have a vegetarian dinner for his last

[CTRL] Supreme Court Plans to Review Arbitration, Death-Penalty Cases

-Caveat Lector- Supreme Court Plans to Review Arbitration, Death-Penalty Cases By ROBERT S. GREENBERGER Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON -- A week after deciding that most workers may be required to resolve job disputes through arbitration, the Supreme Court said it will

Re: [CTRL] Second-graders face charges for paper gun (fwd)

-Caveat Lector- IRVINGTON, New Jersey (AP) -- Two second-graders playing cops and robbers with a paper gun were charged with making terrorist threats. Oh, good the Nazis of America are out in full force... :-( A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER ==

Re: [CTRL] How Military Pain Beams Will Work

-Caveat Lector- A prototype of the U.S. military's pain beam looks like a satellite dish. Eventually, a smaller system could be mounted to Humvees, planes and ships. Um, they say that it emits a Electromagnetic energy in a narrow beam. Isn't cancer brought on by over exposure of EM energy?

[CTRL] Chinese Scholar Based in U.S. Is Held for 5 Weeks by Beijing

-Caveat Lector- Wednesday March 21 01:33 PM EST Chinese Scholar Based in U.S. Is Held for 5 Weeks by Beijing By ERIK ECKHOLM The New York Times A Chinese scholar based in the United States has been held in Beijing in isolation for more than five weeks on suspicion of "activities damaging state

[CTRL] Spy Case Prompts Polygraphs for 500 in FBI

-Caveat Lector- Saturday March 24 9:05 PM ET Spy Case Prompts Polygraphs for 500 in FBI WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some 500 FBI employees with access to intelligence information will be given lie detector tests beginning next week in the first security reform stemming from the arrest of alleged spy

[CTRL] Bay of Pigs Foes Walk Battlefield Beaches Together

-Caveat Lector- Saturday March 24 8:33 PM ET Bay of Pigs Foes Walk Battlefield Beaches Together By Andrew Cawthorne BAY OF PIGS, Cuba (Reuters) - Former adversaries from the 1961 U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba strolled together on Saturday along Caribbean beaches and swamp that were

[CTRL] Defense Secretary Outlines Military Overhaul

-Caveat Lector- Friday March 23 3:55 PM ET Defense Secretary Outlines Military Overhaul By Charles Aldinger WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has signaled to President George W. Bush (news - web sites) his intention to press dramatic changes in U.S. military strategy

[CTRL] Californians warned power bills could soar

-Caveat Lector- Saturday March 24, 4:27 pm Eastern Time Californians warned power bills could soar By Andrew Quinn SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 (Reuters) - Californians were warned on Saturday that their power bills could skyrocket by anywhere from 50 to 100 percent as the state scrambles to find

[CTRL] Bush says budget reflects American values

-Caveat Lector- Saturday March 24, 3:29 pm Eastern Time Bush says budget reflects American values (UPDATE: adds Card comments, details, paras 7-9, 12-13) By Deborah Charles WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Saturday urged Congress to approve his federal budget plan,

[CTRL] Bar Groups Consider Letting Attorneys Practice in States Where Unlicensed

-Caveat Lector- Friday March 23, 10:13 am Eastern Time Bar Groups Consider Letting Attorneys Practice in States Where Unlicensed Adam Miller (Miami Daily Business Review) -- Barry Blum, chief counsel for Miami-based Burger King, recently traveled to several cities in Louisiana, Alabama and

Re: [CTRL] Vatican Art goes to Britain, not U.S.

-Caveat Lector- Here is the whole article... March 17, 2001 A Botticelli Wonder, Bypassing U.S. Museums By CELESTINE BOHLEN Had it not been for a lawsuit brought in California against the Vatican Library in Rome, a much-coveted exhibition of 92 drawings by the Renaissance